My daughter correctly surmised an eagle had dropped it. We argued over who was going to remove but I lost, got a garbage bag and covered my hands with a garbage bag and disposed of it in the garbage. Poor little Robin, but that's nature. Just wish he hadn't dropped in my driveway. My daughter and I were there with you at midday on Saturday watching the kits - wish we had been able to come back closer to sunset! Will you be posting more of your fox photos from that day - would love to see the litter of mixed colors, or the beautiful silver-black adult! You have a wonderful gift of using and managing cameras to catch Incredible pics.
A few years back in Northern Ontario,my wife Shirley and I were travelling home from our cottage near Kapuskasing when a Bald Eagle swooped over our truck very low in same direction we were travelling at,35 mph, about 2 minites later,same Bald Eagle swooped over our truck again,but this time had an Adult red fox,the neck in 1 talon and other talon was just before hind legs.
The Eagle was climbing up high into the sky with the red fox in its talons. I told my wife that the Bald Eagle would drop this red fox in a clearing to KILL and eat it,my nephew who came out later that day over same road bush road I told story to,his reply was that another friend coming out had spotted a Bald Eagle eating a Red fox in a clearing not far from where this all happened!!!
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If I had not seen it on the news here in Devonport. I would have not believed it. That is why I had to look it up. The photographer did a great job catching the moment between the fox, eagle and rabbit.
But I would like to correct the photographer on one item he said. One of the primary food sources for fox are rabbits. Spend some time at my property in Northern California and you'll see for yourself. Amazing capture and I've had the privilege of photographing these foxes for a few years. Along with the great publicity this video has garnered, so has the specified location. This year has seen a huge increase in photographers and people coming to watch them.
Unfortunately, photographers have been seen feeding the kits to get closer photographs.
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I personally witnessed a photographer get within 1 foot of 3 kits while people left because of rain. This behaviour is very detrimental to the foxes as they lose their fear of humans. A fed wild animal is a dead wild animal. So while the video is amazing, I can't help feel sad for this remarkable place and the loss of freedom and safety for these foxes.
I hope that the Park can get their message about wildlife protection out there. That is the most magnificent series of nature photography I've ever seen! Even the background is just beautiful. I love the shot of the fox kit standing on hind legs on the ground at the moment he lost the rabbit to the eagle.
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Looks like he's shouting at "Damn Eagle"! Congratulations and thank you for sharing. Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures. I hope you don't mind I translate it into Chinese and share with our readers link to your article. If you object, please let me know, and I'll take it down: We have an eagle family living in some big firs on our beach; also, families of crows, who hate the eagles because they ravage nests; it's also a heron rookery up there.
Two summers ago we saw a heron flying out over the bay, which is about a mile wide, and shortly after it flew off - the way they do, slow and steady, with no aerobatics, just traveling in a straight line - a pair of eagles flew out after it and quickly caught up. They began dive-bombing it and forced it into the water. A heron can't dodge; all it could do was try to reach the other shore, but that was too far away.
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The eagle couple repeatedly forced it downwards until it went under the surface of the bay. One eagle flew back to the nest. The other eagle grabbed the drowned adult heron with its talons, underwater, and proceeded to swim the half-mile home to the shore using its wings as "arms", till it was under the tree where everyone lives. It deposited its catch in a tangle of roots and dead branches. Dinner for many days. Interactions in nature never cease to amaze me. We just returned from San Juan Island and had an opportunity to see an Eagle in the wild.
First one I have ever seen! How wonderful that you were there to witness that. Well spotted and well shot. So glad little fox was unhurt, but a shame he lost his trophy. With the exception of very small animals such as the rabbit or a rodent Eagles are at a terrible disadvantage once they are on the ground with anything larger.
What's up with the disrespectful tone of Elexis J. Either they decided to use this blog as a platform for a non-related issue to these images or they are being accusatory of Kevin for doing something wrong. Pretty unprofessional of the NPS. Thank you for sharing your photos. My children really enjoyed hearing your story. They love bald eagles! Yes, very stunning event captured on video. Just how "Natural" could be debated. The prairie looks so natural and beautiful because the NP eradicated the rabbit population there causing a forced ecological shifting of species living there.
I won't divulge all the gory details of how this was accomplished here. Many Foxes starved, relocated, or resorted to begging for marshmallows at the picnic area.
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Eagles ranged further for prey base further pressuring other Eagle territories. This shifting of the predator-prey balances were altered over many many years. Very risky predator behavior portrayed in video. Is there an ecological balance now? At what cost due to the human intervention and manipulation. Do the ends justify the means? Guess it is up to the individual to decide. Fox came out ok or didn't come out ok Animals need to survive. Capture the moment and let nature be. Great photo, keep them coming.
The Wikipedia article on bald eagles, including diet, is informative and has further links. If I remember right, bald eagles are pretty opportunistic and depending on what's available will tend to take half it's diet in fish.
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In response to the comment by jdrlopez: I just saw a photo, posted by the person who took it, of a Great Blue Heron eating an American Coot which it killed by violently whipping it back and forth, which he also had photos of. So that is another example of a bird that eats both fish and birds.
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